Monday, November 14, 2011

New Sukhothai, Thailand

When I was doing my research on Sukhothai, I had the impression that it was a much bigger and busier city.

Opps, Sukhothai turned out to be a very laid back and quiet small-ish town. Visitors usually stay for a day or two to visit the historical parks, before moving on to Lampang and Chiang Mai in the north.

We stayed at the Sukhothai Treasure & Spa Resort, which was absolutely lovely. Good service, friendly staff, good food, comfy room!

The hotel surroundings


Our American breakfast


Our dinner

Like all Thai cities/towns, there will be at least one night market somewhere in town. This one is by the River Yom.

Nothing much on offer - a small night market where locals buy their daily groceries.

We spotted this gigantic gold Buddha just outside Sukhothai in a village called Nong Wong when we were heading for Si Satchanalai.

Quite impressive to find this in a small village!


Sukhothai has a lovely airport too, which services two flights a day to Bangkok, and one flight to Lampang.

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